Ebook: Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor

When I first heard about this book, being a novice yet avid investor, I was very enthusiastic to get my hands on it. My friends and I went on a scavenger hunt to every public and university library that might have had it. When we finally found it, we were definitely excited because we thought, ''Why would this book be valued so highly, if it didn't have very good insights on how to beat the market and gain above average returns?''Needless to say it was an average book on value investing. And I stress average. If you're going to spend anything over $100 for this book, don't. If you still need to read it, get it from a library, but you'll still see that it probably wasn't worth it. All the clout that this book gets from being so pricey doesn't merit either trying to find it, or paying the price.That being said, the author didn't have enough real life examples. He talked about a few companies that he realized significant gains on, but the intricacy of how he did it is not really discussed at length like Peter Lynch does in his books.All in all, don't waste your money, and read one of the more popular Lynch or Graham books on value investing which are better written and more detailed.